Olympics

I’ve already written about the battle for gay rights gearing up to happen at the Sochi Olympics, and it’s right this should be our primary focus. LGBT Russians are in trouble and need our support. Vladimir Putin, I argued, has inadvertently given the world a perfect opportunity to do so.
It now looks as though this [...]

Despotism is harder than it looks.
While dictators needn’t trouble themselves with public opinion, they’re still obliged to keep up some sort of false front in order to keep the whole show on the road. A regime like Iran’s, for example, is only saved from total international pariah status by its ability to depict itself as [...]

A year on from the Olympics, Team GB athlete Peter Bakare returns to London to attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace…
I’m hyped, I’m excited and I’m in my Team GB gear. The national anthem is being played and I have my team mates around me, what more can you expect from normal game day [...]

Dwain Lucktung is a content and community manager for somewhereto_ and Livity. He is also an editor, journalist and mentor. In his own words he talks about his journey from London to Rio to shoot ‘tRio’ – a short film for somewhereto_ with actor and director Adam Deacon and talented young dance crew TriN3rgy.